DATE: September 24, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Resolution of Intention to Grant a Franchise to Toro Energy of California AA, LLC; Setting dates for Public Protest Hearing and further actions
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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1. Pass and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution of Intention to grant a franchise, up to 25 years, on a non-exclusive basis (the "non-exclusive franchise"), by Ordinance, to Toro Energy of California AA, LLC, (also referred to as Toro Energy), upon annual payment of a franchise fee to the County, to construct, maintain and use pipes and appurtenances for transmitting derived gas from Toro Energy's landfill-gas-to-energy project ("LFGTE project") at the County's American Avenue Disposal Site ("AADS") for any and all purposes, as allowed by a County-approved conditional use permit and/or road permit condition, from the LFGTE project at the AADS at 18950 W. American Avenue, Kerman, in, along, across, upon, and under the following public streets and highways within the unincorporated area of Fresno County: from the County's AADS, eastward on W. American Avenue for approximately 4 miles, and then southward on S. Madera Avenue for approximately 4 miles, to a PG&E connection location approximately a half of a mile north of W. Manning Avenue, just east of S. Madera Avenue/SR 145, Kerman.
2. Set October 22, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. or as soon thereafter as may be heard for the public protest hearing, as required by Public Utilities Code Section 6232, for the Board to hear and pass upon on any protest, including any objections, made against granting of the non-exclusive franchise, and, for the Board's first reading of the Proposed Ordinance that would grant the non-exclusive franchise, with the Board's second reading of the Proposed Ordinance expected to follow on December 3, 2024, at 9:30 am or as soon thereafter as may be heard; and further reading o...
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